speculated in late August, with release date set to autumn in Japan, which was later confirmed by Sammy in the same month. In the following month it was shown at Tokyo Game Show, and it was published on December 12, 2002, in Japan. In October, the game North American release was set to happen in the first quarter of 2003; it was retitled Guilty Gear X2. An announcement in November confirmed its release date as February 4, 2003; in January 2003, Sammy created a website to promote its release. The European branch of Sammy released the game on March 7, 2003. On February 26, 2004, it was rereleased in Japan under the label "PlayStation2 the Best". Updated versions Guilty Gear X2 was followed by five updated versions of it. Guilty Gear X2 #Reload, first released on March 26, 2003, in the Japanese arcades, was later ported to Xbox, Windows, and PlayStation Portable (PSP) in 2004 and 2005. The Xbox port was published in North America in 2004, while it was released for PS2, Xbox, and Windows in Europe. Guilty Gear XX Slash, first released on September 28, 2005, for the arcades in Japan, was also released for the PS2 in the following year. Guilty Gear XX Accent Core, first released to Japanese arcades on December 20, 2006, was published for the PS2 and Nintendo Wii in 2007. While in North America both the PS2 and Wii versions were released, in Europe and Australasia only the Wii version was available. Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus, first released in Japan on March 27, 2008, for the PS2, was followed by a PSP version. In North America and Europe, both PS2 and PSP versions were released, and also a Wii port. Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network versions were also released; the former worldwide, while the latter in Japan and North America. Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R, first released on September 20, 2012, to the arcades, was ported to PlayStation Vita in 2013, getting releases in Japan, Europe and North America. Reception Guilty Gear X2 was the 117th best-selling title in Japan in 2002, with 112,520 copies sold as of December 31, 2002. In 2003, it sold 34,294 more copies, amounting a total of 146,814 copies sold since its release on PlayStation 2 (PS2). Reviews were generally positive, with aggregate scores of 86.14% from GameRankings, and 87/100 from Metacritic. On